stackyFACTSUnlike their more aggressive primary cousins, these sheer-force tremors absolutely refuse to travel through liquids. When they hit the molten layer deep underground, they completely dissipate, creating massive shadow zones on the other side of the globe. They simply give up the moment things get too watery.
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